We have moved into our new space in Dalston. The marker pens still elude us, but we've found the tea and coffee so please do come and visit! You can find the new office at 2-4 Tottenham Road, London, N1 4BZ.
Periscope has been commissioned by Harrow Council and Friends of Byron Park to produce a Framework Plan for Byron Park. This new piece of work is jointly commissioned and will involve close collaboration with the Friends of the park, Harrow Council, Harrow Parks Forum as well as the Environment Agency and Thames Water. The process kicked off with a resident's consultation event in Harrow Leisure centre, almost 100 people came to have their say providing the design team with really valuable insight into their local area and their hopes for the park.
We've been casting concrete for our latest project in Barking. This is the second prototyping phase using site won aggregates supplied by our client Barking Riverside Ltd. The tests aim to establish the performance of various aggregates including knapped flint, incinerator bottom ash and crushed concrete. The next test phase is a full-scale accelerated pavement test on site ahead of the project construction phase commencing in 2019.
Here's our contribution to this year's Gingerbread City - a Periscope Ponte Vecchio. London's finest gingerbread Architects have been pulling out all the stops in time for the opening on Wednesday 6th December.
A public exhibition for 'Byron Quarter' our scheme for Harrow Council is being held on Thursday 29th June and Saturday 1st July 2017 at Herga Bowls in Harrow. A map is here and the flyer can be downloaded here.
We've been shortlisted, as one of five, for the Prescot Market Place competition. The project will re-energise the historic market square and is part of the wider regeneration plans for the town, which include the Shakespeare North Playhouse. Read the full article in the Architects Journal here.